aebertjbenscheidt



Sept. 29, 1925.

A. BENSCHIEIDT Filed Sept. 17 92:

Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

i U NIT-Ell) .5151} S "AI'IBERTJBENSCHEIDT, 0F VANGOUVER, WASHING-TON.

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Application filed September 17, 1923. Serial No. 663,210.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT BENSCHEIDT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Vancouver, in the county ofClarke and State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Awls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sewing awl and has for its main object theprovision of such an awl having means for adjusting the needle and forguiding it when in one of its adjusted positions.

The main object of the invention and other objects, as might.hereinafter appear, are attained by the preferred embodiment of theinvention which will be presently described, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings for illustration of the in vention.

In the drawings;

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the awl and the guide, the needlebeing shown in full and dotted lines to indicate the positions which itmay be caused to assume, and the guide being also shown in full anddotted lines to indicate its flexibility and adj ustability Fig. 2 is apartial sectional and elevational view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. l is a fragmentary perspective view of the needle end of the awl;and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the needle holding member.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 10designates the body of the awl which may be made of cast metal or anyother suitable material and is provided at one end with the reducedportion 11, and at its other end with the reduced portion 12. The awlbody 10 is preferably J-shaped, as shown. The reduced end 11 haslongitudinal and transverse grooves 13 and 14, respectively, forpositioning the needle 15 in either one of the two positions shown bythe full and dotted lines in Fig. 1. Cooperating with the reduced end 11to hold the needle adjustably in place is the clamp member 16 which hasthe longitudinal and transverse grooves 13 and 14: comlementary to thegrooves 13 and 14, as will lie readily understood. For securing theclamp 16 to the reduced end 11 to hold the needle 15 in position, a bolt17 is secured to the end 11 and is received through a hole 18 in theclamp 16 and a clamping nut 19 serves to force the clamp 16 into properpo 'sition to securely hold the needle in its adjusted longitudinal ortransverse position. It will be understood that other grooves (not.shown) may be provided in the end 11 and the clamp 16 and arranged anularly to the grooves 13, 141, 13 and 14*, u hereby the needle may becaused to assume positions intermediate the vertical and horizon talshown by Fig. 1, as is obvious. Inclined grooves 141 and 1 3 areprovided in the portions 11 and 16 for guiding the thread 21 to theneedle 15.

Secured to the body 10 at its reduced end 12 is a guide 22 constructedpreferably of thin spring steel and provided with the opening 23 at thefree end thereof, said opening permitting the needle to passtherethrough. The guide 22 is preferably detachably connected to the end12 of the awl body 10 by means of the bolt 24 and the nut 25, or by anyother suitable means.

The manner of use of the awl herein disclosed will be apparent to anyoneskilled in the art. The guide is especially useful when the needle is inthe position shown by full lines in Fig. 1 as it insures even stitcheswhich may be quickly made. guide is not necessary, it may be readilyremoved by removing the nut 25. The clamp 16 cooperating with the end orcomplementary member 11 serves to securely hold the needle in adjustedposition and by simply unscrewing the nut 19, the needle may beadjusted. The device is very simple and may be manufactured to be soldat low cost. \Vhile I have shown the preferred embodiment of theinvention, it will be understood that certain changes in theconstruction and arrangement of parts may be made and will suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art, especially in view of thisdisclosure, but all such changes are to be considered as part of theinvention defined by the appended claim.

Having th'us described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States is:

A sewing awl of the kind described comprising a J-shaped member having areduced portion at each end thereof. one of l Vhen the said reducedportions having a needle reeeiving groove transversely thereof, a clampmember removably associated with said reduced portion and having agroove matching the groove of the latter whereby a needle is secured tosaid J-shaped member transversely thereof, and a guide member remo-vablysecured to the other reduced portion of said J-shaped member, said guidemember having an opening therein for 10 guiding the needle of the and.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ALBERT BENSCHEIDT.

